New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
Author
West, Rick C.
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Author
Kissane, Kelly C.
Author
Ubick, Darrell
Author
Pitts, James P.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
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1
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journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Ageniella
(
Ageniella
)
accepta
(Cresson)
TX: Travis County, Austin;
26 November 2016
; A. Wild. Host:?
Trachelas
sp. (
Trachelidae
), female, with all but pedipalps cut off at coxa-trochanter joints. The wasp preened her left foreleg as the immobilized ground sac spider laid dorsal side upward on the ground (
Wild 2016
).
CA
:
San Bernardino County
,
San Bernardino National Forest
,
3 km
S of Seven Oaks
;
26 June 2018
;
J. Serrano
(jac_serrano). Host: Unidentified species (
Lycosidae
), adult or subadult female with all legs cut off at coxatrochanter joints. The wasp straddled the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, and grasped its chelicera with her mandibles (
Serrano 2018
)
.
CO: Broomfield County, Broomfield;
24 July 2019
; B. Fisher (crotalus). Host:
Agelenopsis
sp. (
Agelenidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed grass spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (
Fisher 2019
; B. Fisher, Broomfield, CO, 2019 pers. comm.; P. Cushing, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver CO, 2019 pers. comm.).
TX: Nueces County, Corpus Christi, Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve; J. Quintanilla. Host:
Metaltella
sp. (
Desidae
), female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed intertidal spider, dorsal side upward, grasping it by a chelicera. A 2
nd
conspecific detached limb from the left side of her spider at the coxa-trochanter joints (
Quintanilla 2016
).